On this week’s program, we remember the 5th anniversary of Hurricane
Katrina and the federal levee failures by reviewing the ongoing recovery
with music poetry and interviews.Music about Katrina and New Orleans runs
throughout the show. Along the way, we visit the Southern...
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Join me Monday, August 23 on Jazz from the French Market as we look back on
the musical presence of Clyde Kerr Jr. who passed away a couple of weeks ago.
We'll talk in-studio with Jonathan Bloom, Education Coordinator for the
Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz at Loyola Unive...
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In Downbeat Magazine, there's a section in the back entitled, "Blindfold
Test," where DB would pose a series of recordings to a jazz artist and ask
him to identify the musician merely by listening.
I learned to identify jazz artists in the same way, through random "blindfol...
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Caught some great music last night. First up, Matt Perrine, Paul Sanchez and
John Rankin at the Columns hotel. I believe John Rankin has a regular gig at
the Columns( don't hold me to that) but on this night, he had two accomplices
elevating the music to an even better le...
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This has been, for this show host, a summer of pursuit. Mostly of music. But
who has been pursuing whom? Everywhere I've gone-Montreal, New York, Belo
Horizonte, Sao Paulo, even Brasilia (often considered as dry and flat
culturally as it is physically)-has had its own Jaz...
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Jazz singer, actress, and civil rights activist Abbey Lincoln passed away on August 14 at the age of 80. Her singing career spanned several decades, and although her vocal style was influenced by Billie Holiday, she often gravitated towards modern music — including her own mat...
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On the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, WWOZ expresses its gratitude to the "Katrina Network" of community radio stations that helped us stay on air in the months after the storm. Also, check out our updated list of Katrina Anniversary events happening in the greater New ...
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Dear Listener,
August in New Orleans... It's a time when the entire French Quarter-scape
seems to melt in the sticky blur of wavy air. Steam rises from the water
troughs set out to provide comfort to the sweltering mules hauling
tourist-laden carriages—the tourists themse...
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Tune into the New Orleans Music Show, this Wednesday - August 18th, 11am to
2pm, as we celebrate and remember the life and work of Herman Leonard. The
program will include interview excerpts from "Life is a One Way Ticket" (see
below) and music of the artists that Herman L...
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Herman Leonard, whose iconic photos of Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Dexter Gordon and many more helped define the world's view of this American art form, passed away on August 14. The former New Orleans resident lost his print archive after Hurricane Katrina, but the negat...
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